PDF David Lynch: A Retrospective

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David
Lynch
A
Retrospective
Description
At once a pop culture icon, cult figure and film
industry
outsider,
master filmmaker David Lynch and his work defy
easy definition. Dredged from his subconscious
mind, Lynch8217swork is primed to act on our
own hidden desires and fears, combining
heightened, contradictory emotions into something
familiar but inscrutable.For over 45 years,
Lynch's works have enthralled, mystified, and
provoked viewers. What is arguably most
remarkable about his career is that for a
filmmaker so resolutely true to his own ideals
and the tides of his imagination 8213the forces
that have provided such distinctive work 8213he
has remained so popular.This is also a portrait
of an enchanting presence eminently
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reasonable yet driven, boyishly shy yet a
towering force on set, an interviewee of rare
clarity who never gives the game away. Lynch is
quirky, there is no doubt about that, but it
takes an ironclad determination to get any film
made, let alone films so uniquely his
own.Lynch8217sgenius is in the way he draws so
deeply on classic movie traditions the noir, the
love story, the road movie and the murder
mystery. Within these conventions, his films
delve into the subjective consciousness of his
characters to reveal both the depraved darkness
and luminous spirituality of human nature.From
his experimental shorts of the 1960s to feature
films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue
Velvet and Mulholland Drive 8213not forgetting
the award-winning TV series Twin
Peaks 8213David Lynch has pushed the boundaries
of cinematic storytelling. He is a true artist in
a realm of pretenders 8213an American great
8213who can take his place alongside Jackson
Pollack, Andy Warhol or Steven Spielberg.